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After more than 20 years of working for major tech companies as a user-experience designer (UX) – from LinkedIn to Amazon to Google – Tim Sparks is now drawing up a new playbook.

Social workers in adult social care in Suffolk will be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in their case work, following a successful pilot.

The research found that 64 million Americans now perform freelance work, accounting for 38% of the U.S. workforce.

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as an unstoppable force transforming the modern workplace. Governments are investing heavily in AI innovation, companies are integrating generative AI into everyday workflows, and technology leaders routinely describe AI as the future of productivity. Yet new survey data suggests many workers remain hesitant, skeptical, or simply uninterested in using AI…

Employers are increasingly investing in training to prepare their employees for artificial intelligence (AI). Training budgets are growing, and “upskilling” has become a common response to rapid technological change.

We are releasing a revised version of “Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts About the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence.”  Using payroll data from ADP, we document six facts about how employment has evolved since the release of ChatGPT, with particular attention to differences by age and AI exposure.

Federal Government has tasked the newly inaugurated Board of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) with the delicate responsibility of balancing workers’ demand for fair wages with productivity, industrial harmony and the government’s ability to pay.

The geolocation of workers, particularly when it intersects with remote working, is one of the most sensitive areas in the relationship between the organisational needs of a company or public body and the protection of privacy. The judgement of the Court of Cosenza of 1 July 2026, which quashed injunction order 135/2025 of the Data…

Artificial intelligence has long been pitched as a tool that will make work faster, smarter, and less repetitive — but one Meta executive’s reported response to an employee shows workers should not expect those gains to translate into more rest.

For years, many employers have worried that work-from-home arrangements leave employees isolated, disconnected from coworkers and more likely to leave their jobs.